Right now I am at Fox Studio’s waiting for… well, just waiting… I am killing time before I need to go to the airport to pick up my mother… She was quite prepared to grab a train home, but I needed to be in the city, so I decided to pick her up. So here I am at Fox Studios waiting in the italian restraunt, typing this.

I knew that this would not be a good move, coming here. Well, depending on the point of view anyway. I picked up the simpsons number 6 box set which has come down in price. That was for me. Then I picked up a box set for my brother. On the off-chance that he checks this site I will not say what I have got him, but he will love it. Then lastly I picked up another DVD. Why did I say lastly. Well, I saw this one as I was leaving the store on the way out, and went back to get it. This movie is ‘This is Spinal Tap’ which is a spoof of all Rock and Roll. Spinal Tap is not really a band, and my friend Kevin Crossley in New Zealand actually auditioned for the position of the drummer in the movie. I cannot remember why he did not get it, but there was some intelligent reason.

Unfortunately the book store here at Fox Studios was closed. Not sure if that was because the chain is in the process of undergoing changes thanks to liquidation, but it was closed. Bookstores are always a great way for me to kill time. Not as much time as other people I know, but still, I can find myself spending a lot of time in them.

And onto the bizzare, I somehow managed to get my name onto a mailing list for sculptors, and other people involved in the art community. Since july I have been getting spam from this organisation. Not hard core spam, but it is spam. And they could not work out how I was on the list. Finally they did a seach by email address instead of contact name. Which they should have done in the first place in reality. I cannot work out why they didnt do that. Somehow my old ozemail email address got down as the contact for a club that I am no longer a member of. Totally un-involved with the arts.

It is now a bit later at Krispy Kreme at Mascot. When I left the restraunt, I looked at the bill, and I asked what the surcharge was for. That was the ‘Sunday’ surcharge. They forgot to tell the register that it was monday, and have been charging 10% more all day. Given how quiet it was I do not think there was too much brought in through the surcharge but I could be wrong. And the thing that I wanted to comment on at the time was that I thought that Fox Studios was a cheap imitation of either Disneyland’s Downtown Disney, or the Universal Studio’s Citywalk. Or any of the newer open-air shopping areas with a cinema. Sure, I was only there from 5pm to 6:30pm on a monday afternoon, but I would have thought that it would have been a bit busier

Krispy Kreme… Here you can get a coke, coffee, donuts, whatever, and it is cheaper to buy something and throw it away whilst waiting rather than parking at the airport. So the trick is to wait here until the person you are waiting for rings, and then pick them up from departures. It is the easiest way.